DEPARTMENT: Finance
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliott
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Annual Contract for Brush Tractor Trucks and Trailers
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes acceptance of a contract with Doggett Freightliner of South Texas, LLC to provide the Solid Waste Management Department (SWMD) with twenty-nine brush tractor trucks and twenty-four rear ejection horizontal discharge brush trailers for a total cost of $4,489,500.00 in FY2020 and FY2021.
Funding in the amount of $2,596,098.00 is available from the FY2020 Equipment Renewal and Replacement Fund (ERRF) for the purchase of sixteen replacement brush tractor trucks and fifteen replacement rear ejection trailers. Funding in the amount of $98,748.00 is available from the FY2020 Solid Waste Operating Fund for the purchase of one additional tractor truck. Additional purchases are subject to the appropriation of subsequent funding.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Submitted for City Council consideration and action is the attached tabulation of four bids to provide the SWMD with twenty-nine brush tractor trucks and twenty-four rear ejection horizontal discharge brush trailers in FY2020 and FY2021.
In FY2020, this contract will provide the SWMD with sixteen replacement brush tractor trucks and fifteen replacement rear ejection horizontal discharge brush trailers for a cost of $2,596,098.00. This contract will also provide for the purchase of one additional brush tractor truck for a cost of $98,748.00 funded from the FY2020 Solid Waste Operating Fund.
In FY2021, twelve brush tractor trucks and nine rear ejection brush trailers will reach the end of their useful life and be scheduled for replacement in FY2021. Replacement of these units is subject to appropriation of subsequent funding in FY 2021.
There are eighty-five brush tractor trucks and eighty-six rear ejection brush trailers currently utilized by the SWMD. This equipment is primarily used for brush and bulky collection, but m...
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